Hanna (2011)
Director- Joe Wright
Hanna is a sixteen year old girl who was brought up by her father, but Hanna is no ordinary teenage girl, Hanna has spent her life training to be an assassin. After a life time of waiting, Hanna sets out to eliminate the one who caused her to be this way, the woman who killed her mother.
Joe Wright's Hanna is another film that is currently travelling the 'Bourne' Highway, with the action hero a female lead (Salt, Haywire etc) which is not a bad thing. Instead of John McClane or John Matrix there is Mallory, Selene and Evelyn. Now you can add little Hanna (Saoirse Ronan - Atonement) to that list. Hanna is slick and well worked out and although is a revenge action film, it is also a story of being a teenage girl with no experience of the outside world. The film triumphs in that it doesn't make you wait to find out who the bad guy, or girl in this case (Cate Blanchett- Lord of the Rings, Hot Fuzz) is, instead it lets you concentrate on the main characters rather than trying to figure out 'who it is!' .
Hanna flows nicely through at a good pace and entertains throughout. The Cinematography is crisp and the soundtrack works well with its surroundings. The acting is good all round, Eric Bana (Star Trek, Chopper) plays Hanna's father well and Blanchett excels as Agent Marissa. There is a sweet feeling to Hanna and think most will enjoy it. The ending is the one you would expect, but works well enough to satisfy. I suppose the only bad thing about Hanna is that maybe it does seem to slide from around halfway and continues to the end. Overall a good watch.
7/10.
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